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French

Italian

Catalan

Spanish

Portuguese

Infinitive: to say/tell

dire

dire

dir

decir

dizer

Present: say(s)/tell(s)

dis

dico

dic

digo

digo

dis

dici

dius

dices

dizes

dit

dice

diu

dice

diz

disons

diciamo

diem

decimos

dizemos

dites

dite

dieu

decís

dizeis

disent

dicono

diuen

dicen

dizem

Imperfect: said/told, used to say/tell

disais

dicevo

deia

decía

dizia

disais

dicevi

deies

decías

dizias

disait

diceva

deia

decía

dizia

disions

dicevamo

dèiem

decíamos

dizíamos

disiez

dicevate

dèieu

decíais

dizíeis

disaient

dicevano

deien

decían

diziam

Preterite: said/told

dis

dissi

diguí

dije

disse

(rare in French or Italian speech)

dis

dicesti

digueres

dijiste

disseste

(alternative Catalan below)

dit

disse

digué

dijo

disse

dîmes

dicemmo

diguérem

dijimos

dissemos

dîtes

diceste

diguéreu

dijisteis

dissestes

dirent

dissero

digueren

dijeron

disseram

Future: will say/tell

dirai

dirò

diré

diré

direi

diras

dirai

diràs

dirás

dirás

dira

dirà

dirà

dirá

dirá

dirons

diremo

direm

diremos

diremos

direz

direte

direu

diréis

direis

diront

diranno

diran

dirán

dirão

Conditional: would say/tell

dirais

direi

diria

diría

diria

dirais

diresti

diries

dirías

dirias

dirait

direbbe

diria

diría

diria

dirions

diremmo

diríem

diríamos

diríamos

diriez

direste

diríeu

diríais

diríeis

diraient

direbbero

dirien

dirían

diriam

Present Subjunctive: say(s)/tell(s)

dise

dica

digui

diga

diga

dises

dica

diguis

digas

digas

dise

dica

digui

diga

diga

disions

diciamo

diguem

digamos

digamos

disiez

diciate

digueu

digáis

digais

disent

dicano

diguin

digan

digam

Imperfect Subjunctive: said/told

disse

dicessi

digués

dijera

dissesse

(rare in French speech)

disses

dicessi

diguessis

dijeras

dissesses

(alternative Spanish below)

dît

dicesse

digués

dijera

dissesse

dissions

dicessimo

diguéssim

dijéramos

disséssemos

dissiez

diceste

diguéssiu

dijerais

dissésseis

dissent

dicessero

diguessin

dijeran

dissessem

Affirmative Imperative: say/tell

Singular familiar you

dis

di'

digues

di

diz

Singular formal you

dites

dica

digui

diga

diga

Let's...

disons

diciamo

diguem

digamos

digamos

Plural familiar you

dites

dite

digueu

decid

dizei

Plural formal you

dites

dicano

diguin

digan

digam

Negative Imperative: don't say/tell

Singular familiar you

ne dis pas

non dire

no diguis

no digas

não digas

Singular formal you

ne dites pas

non dica

no digui

no diga

não diga

Let's not...

ne disons pas

non diciamo

no diguem

no diagamos

não digamos

Plural familiar you

ne dites pas

non dite

no digueu

no digáis

não digais

Plural formal you

ne dites pas

non dicano

no diguin

no digan

não digam

Gerund: saying/telling
Present Participle: saying/telling

en disant
disant

dicendo
dicente

dient

diciendo

dizendo

Past Participle: said/told

dit

detto

dit

dicho

dito

Auxiliary verb used in perfect tenses

avoir

avere

haver

haber

ter

The periphrastic past in Catalan is an alternative to the preterite. It is formed by using anar as an auxiliary verb followed by the infinitive.

vaig dir

vas dir

va dir

vam dir

vau dir

van dir

There is an alternative form of the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish, which is more similar to Portuguese. Simply replace -ra- with -se- for all conjugations:

dijera / dijese

dijeras / dijeses

dijera / dijese

dijéramos / dijésemos

dijerais / dijeseis

dijeran / dijesen

The future subjunctive is only used in formal or literary Spanish, but it is easy to conjugate since it is nearly identical to the imperfect subjunctive forms. The future subjunctive in Portuguese is very common and the same endings are used for the personal infinitive (see below).

Spanish

Portuguese

dijere

disser

dijeres

disseres

dijere

disser

dijéremos

dissermos

dijereis

disserdes

dijeren

disserem

The personal infinitivein Portuguese uses the infinitive as the stem + the endings of the future subjunctive.

dizer

dizeres

dizer

dizermos

dizerdes

dizerem

There is an alternative form of the past perfect in Portugueuse which only uses one word rather than an auxiliary verb + past participle. These conjugations are quite similar to the imperfect subjunctive conjugations using -ra- in Spanish. However, this simple form is only used in formal or literary Portuguese. (Note that the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish using -ra- can also be used in formal or literary language as an alternative to the compound past perfect.)

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